Nanocontact and nanowire formation between macroscopic metallic contacts observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopy

被引:15
作者
Correia, A
Garcia, N
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[1] Laboratorio de Física de Sistemas Pequeños, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (CSIC-UAM), C-IX, 28049 Madrid, Cantoblanco
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10.1103/PhysRevB.55.6689
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
Transmission and scanning electron microscopy fitted with a chemical analysis reveal that connections between two macroscopic metallic (gold or copper) wires do not break cleanly but are stretched into many filaments of nanometer size leading to nanowire formation.
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页码:6689 / 6692
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